The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday issued arrest warrants for five people, including former inspector general of police Mohammad Javed Patwary, over the enforced disappearance and staged killing of seven youths on allegedly suspecting them as extremists in Gazipur in October 2016...
The government suspended 18 police officers, including additional police commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police and former chief of detective branch Mohammad Harun ur Rashid as they had been absent from duty without permission from the authorities concerned...
Chief adviser Professoressor Muhammad Yunus on Monday urged all to come forward to protect nature aiming at conserving the country鈥檚 fisheries resources...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 28th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 66 at about 9:30am on Monday morning...
Another consignment of 202 metric tonnes of onions has arrived in Bangladesh from India through the Bhomra land port in Satkhira...
The government has declared the entire Savar upazila of Dhaka as a 鈥楧egraded Air Shed鈥� as the pollution in its air has reached a critical state...
Five tankers of an oil-tanker train derailed at the Amnura junction area in Chapainawabganj on Sunday.
Shahina Begum, the mother of Sazzad Hossain Sajal who was allegedly burnt alive in a police pickup van, testified before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday in a case of crimes against humanity against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun...
The Anti-Corruption Commission has started scrutinising allegations against 123 people, including former inspector general of police Javed Patwary, of receiving money and apartments in exchange for writing and editing the book 鈥楿nfinished Memoirs鈥�, published in the name of the country鈥檚 founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
The interim government has formed a nine-member committee led by retired Lieutenant General Abdul Hafiz to review applications of the retired Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Air Force personnel, who allegedly faced 鈥榙eprivation, injustice and vendetta during the previous regime between 2009 and August 4, 2024...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chair Tarique Rahman on Sunday called on people from all walks of life to unite in support of free, fair, and transparent elections, saying that establishing an accountable state was essential for upholding democracy and protecting freedoms of the citizens...
Palestine ambassador to Bangladesh Yousef SY Ramadan on Sunday expressed his profound gratitude to the people of Bangladesh for their continued support to the people of his country...
The Chittagong University students staged a demonstration on Sunday afternoon by locking down the administrative building, pressing for on-campus residential facilities for each and every student...
The 76th birth anniversary of eminent playwright Selim Al Deen will be celebrated today...
A month-long solo sculpture exhibition of sculptor Maynul Islam Paul titled 鈥極pulence of Stone鈥� displaying minimalist sculptures is under way at Kalakendra at Lalmatia in the capital...
With the aim of further strengthening the cultural ties between Bangladesh and Korea, Korean Cultural Day was celebrated at Dhaka University on Sunday...
Bereaved guardians of the students, killed after a Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crashed in the compound of Milestone School and College, on Sunday could not submit a memorandum to the education institution鈥檚 principal...
Two factions of Jahangirnagar University unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, student body of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, clashed over a recently announced hall committees on the campus at Savar in Dhaka on Sunday...
Six people 鈥� three students and three children 鈥� drowned in separate incidents in Chapainawabganj, Gopalganj and Chattogram districts between Saturday and Sunday...
A local leader of Sramik Kalyan Federation, the labour wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha Saturday night...
Citizens, including academics, rights activists and lawyers, on Sunday issued a joint statement demanding immediate release of economist Professor Abul Barkat on bail considering his professional life and humanitarian aspect...
Demonstrators across Israel called on Sunday for an end to the Gaza war and a deal to release hostages still held by militants, a push lambasted by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies...
The interim government is going to organise an international conference on Rohingya issue in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on August 25 as part of its preparation for the high-level Rohingya conference of the United Nations scheduled for September 30 during the forthcoming UN General Assembly in New York...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Sunday said that the Election Commission was preparing for the next national polls in an appropriate manner, though concerns remained over the law and order situation...
The Anti-Corruption Commission found that Bashundhara Group chair Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and his wife Afroza Begum illegally amassed moveable and immoveable wealth worth Tk 700 crore in the country...
The Anti-Corruption Commission filed a case against nine people, including former Basic Bank Limited chairman Sheikh Abdul Hye Bachchu, for their alleged involvement in embezzling Tk 12 crore...
Planning adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud on Sunday said that there were some pre-conditions to establish the permanent campus of Rabindra University in Chalan Bil area...
Manchester United's expensively-assembled new forward line drew a blank as Arsenal began their quest for the Premier League title by grinding out a 1-0 win at Old Trafford on Sunday.
The country鈥檚 imports聽of raw materials for the readymade garment sector witnessed a growth of 9.9 per cent in the financial year 2024-25, according to Bangladesh Bank data...
The government borrowed Tk 7,438 crore from the banking system in July, the first month of the 2025鈥�26 financial year, to meet budgetary expenditure, according to Bangladesh Bank data...